We all agree - it has been so great being on the road, but the feeling of being home is still a great feeling! I was just bursting with excitement when I went to my dance class this morning - I hugged everyone!! But I soon realized how out of shape I was when I thought the class was almost over because of how tired I was but it was only 1/2 way through! I made it all the way to the end, granted my tongue was hanging out, but I did make it. Then it was off to our sweet neighbors (who have been faithfully collecting and sending our mail) to get hair cuts for the boys. It was great seeing our old house next door from the outside. We were all really wanting to just walk in the front door, but we didn't want to intrude, so we refrained from even knocking on the door. Maybe later this week. ANYWAY, you can read Nicole's post for the rest of the details of today, but I just wanted to say how nice it was to go to our home church tonight. While Tim and I prayed as we were driving to church this evening, I was struck at how great the feeling of being 'home' is after being gone for over 3 months. But I was also imagining how it will feel when we get to heaven, our real home! I can only imagine. You know, someone should write a song about that or something. :-) Anyway, it was a lot of fun seeing people again and hugging necks and just being 'home'. Plus the experience of worshipping God together with others and sensing His Spirit moving was such a blessing. We were able to hug 2 of our most faithful commentors of this blog today (one in our neighborhood and the other at church) and it was just SO great to see them, along with everyone else. I admit it, I feel very full tonight (and not just because we had a nice dinner in our camper tonight). But there's more - we will be going to see my parents and my sister and my aunt and her husband tomorrow!! Can't wait to see them! I guess it just makes me all that more thankful for the many people God has blessed our lives with.

Tim & Jodie

Tim and Jodie have been married since Nov. 5, 1988. Tim is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and retired city of Tampa Firefighter. Jodie is a happily laid off IBM/AT&T 21 yr veteran employee turned stay-at-home home-schooling mom (say that fast three times!). She works very part-time for a local Christian author and speaker. They have four wonderful children: triplets Nathan, Nicole, and Noah born 11/16/97 and Nicholas born 5/16/99.